Check-book.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

L. C. RBEDER.

CHECK BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY s, 1907.

WTNESSES nm Nosms PETER; co.A wAsulNnroN, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFIOE.

LLOYD C. REEDER, OF SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA.

CHE CK-BOOK.

T 0 all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LLOYD C. FEEDER, a citizen of the United States of America, residinfr at Salem, in the county of Harrison and tate of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Check- Books, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to check books, and one of the principal objects of the same is to rovide convenient and reliable means for {eeping the cash accounts of business houses in their dealings with the bank and with their patrons.

Another object of the invention is to provide a check book that will temporarily bind a number of check blanks, and will hold in position a series of independent stubs which will indicate all money transactions of the business, the amounts withdrawn by check from the bank, the amounts deposited, and the bank balance.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of the open check book, and showing one of the covers of the book broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stub portion of the check. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the back. portion of the book in closed position. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of one corner of the book. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the book back and two covers, the latter being shown broken away. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of one of the independent stubs, and showing the reinforcing strip through which the binder staple is adapted to be passed.

Referring tothe drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numerals 1 designate the covers of the book and 2 is a flexible leather back which forms a hinge for the covers, said back being connected to the covers 1 by an adhesive substance like glue, and riveted to the top and bottom of the back are metal strips 3 disposed upon the outside, the rivets 4. passing through the metal strips 3 through the back 2 through a lining 5 and through interior metal stri s 6 to give stability to the book. The metal plates 7 are of substantially the same length as the slots 8 and said plates eX- tend through said slots and are bent down u on opposite sides of the cover members. The metal plates 7 are provided with por- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 3, 1907.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Serial No. 371,615.

tions which extend through the slot 8 and thus bind the walls of said slot. A binding loop or staple 9 is connected to the back 2 by means of removable bolts or pins 10, said pins extending through eyes in the ends of the loop or staple 9, and through the book back and metal strips, said bolts being iitted with a winged nut 11 for holding the metal loops in place and to permit them to be removed.

-The binding loop or staple 9 passes through the slot 8 and the sides of said loop bear against the metal plates 7. A series of blank checks 12 are provided with perforations at their inner ends for connection with the loo s 9. The checks 12 are provided with t e usual stubs 13. A series of independent stub sheets 14, each provided with a reinforcing strip 15 which is perforated at 16, is con nected to the loops 9 on top of the check blanks 12. The stub sheets 14 each contain a date line, a name line, an article line, and an amount line, together with the wordsDebit and lCredit, so that all the money transactions of the business may be entered in this column. At the right of thecolumn referred to is a column headed t Checks and at the right of this column is a column headed Deposits. At the right of this column is a column headed Balance In the first column at the top the word Forwarded appears. This column is indicated by the numeral 17, the check column being designated 18, the deposit column 19, and the balance column 20.

In using the check book whenever a check is drawn, the transaction is entered on the stub sheet 14, and the amount is set down in the check column. Vhenever a check is received it is indicated under the heading of "Oredit, and the amount of check is indicated in the deposit column. After the first stub sheet has been filled, the resulting balance 21, together with the totals of checks and deposits are entered thereon and brought forward to the next sheet. In posting up from this system, the amounts may be taken directly from the stub sheets and transferred to the ledger'.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that with the use of a check book made in accordance with my invention, a business house will be able to determine at a glance the condition of their bank account, and when the bank book is returned for inspection, unless the balances agree, there is an error somewhere which can be readily traced.

Having thus described the invention, What a series of bank checks and detachable stub 10 I claim is: sheets.

In a device of the character described, a In testimony whereof, I affix my signature temporry blinging complsing over Iremin presence of tWo Witnesses. bers, a eXi e ac secure to sai mem ers, and the latter having slots therein, metal LLOYD C' REEDER' strips for reinforcing said slots, metal loops Witnesses: connected to the back by bolts and Winged O. F. MORRISON,

nuts, said loops being adapted to pass through J. S. LANTZ. 

